Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
SHARP CONVICTED.
TIE ARGUMENT toscLupzp AVN A
VERDICT IN THIRTEEN nINurEs.
The Care Summed Up BY the District At.
sornsy-Jadss Barrstts Charge
to the Jury.
ny telegraph to tho Dispatch,

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quest 81 Mr.. sticknry before bs
commenced 10 sum up. Alter think
Ing The jury for It's indulgence
OF YESTERDAY In allowing him until to-da,
20 prepare his address, he stated that bitb
'rio his prDctlce has been with eases In.
vol,ing properly, and that this Il hi, first
crlnlnai case. Ee would not a,tempt To
de'iyer an eloquent address, but 10 make a
clear, sensible argument that will appeal
TO reasoning men.
Mr.. stickney spoke two and a half hours
reces. was then taken; after which As.
Attorney Fellows closed
me case IN seorchDg argument, aud thu
case went 10 the jury. Thirteen minutes
alterwsrd the Jury returned with verdict
Of guilty.
MIR. sllckDey, In his address, said the
charge against Sharp was one OF bribery -
not conspiracy. This, he held, had not
Dten proved by the evidence. The Jury
were asked TO send Sharp 10 prison and
impose practically a sentence OF doth upon
Dim because somebody corrupted the Board
OF Aldermen, but there is not a parti 3.
Gle OF evidence Of the p,yment OF
money TO the aldermen. The Board
OF Aldermen OF 1884 he conceded 10
be crowd OF corrupt strikers, de.
harding blackmaiI OF everybody. OF
heir guilt, he said. there could be no
doubt, but he asserted that there was no.
thing to connect Sharp with them. Mr..
ctIekney concluded by saying Sharp did
not fear the result. ole has been hound.
"a by the whole press, without as much a.
enc single sheet suggesting that he wa
entitled TO a fair trial. IL he was not con.
iidont he bad ample time to flee. | de-
mand OF YOU that you protect him and see
that he receives at your hands the verdict
OF acquiita to which lie is entitled"
The courtroom was crowded TO sutfoca-
ton when John X. Fellows, chief assistant
district attorney, arose to make the closing
argument for the prosecution. lie re.
viewed the testimony as presented to the
court, rarely referring TO his notes, taking
up point by point and pressing all upon
The attention Of the jury. Turning his at
teLtion TO the actions OF Sharp upon the
day the franchise was or nted. he recited
at length Sbarp's action IN having the reso-
utions prepared before the meeting was
over. He said the board took their or
ders to pass the resolutions Just n
Alderman Pearson had the day before,
when Sharp directed HIM to sign the call
fortbe meeting. Richmond, TO whom the
resolutions were sent, recognized the danger
OF connecting himself with their passage,
and burst out IN the impetuous manner
which characterized HIM, and said "Wbat
the - did Sharp send them 10 me for.
where everybody can see me take them to
Moloney I"
Mr.. Fellows then said Messenger Dow.
ling gave them TO MolOney, and, without
any other consideration save that which
they received after weighing themselves
like so much pork at McLOughin's house
TO " see how much each was WORTH" the
aldermen passed the resolutions. H. next
review cd the veto Of the mayor and its con.
iemptuous reception by Jaehne ana his o.
s0ciateS. lie continued: "Let us see nov
NbeIe Sharp comes in. The 100000 is III
IN the hands Of MOloDey, but the mayor
has vetoed the resolutions and cannot
he reached. Three fOurths OF the alder
ntD must lie secured. When Powell. who
was greslly Interested, heard Of the veto OF
the mayor he fastened b Sharp. lie meets
him In the Flith-Avenuc Hotel. What |
viii you DO now! he asks Sharp. The |
Board Of Aldermen Is fixed. says Sharp,
and they are really waiting i'm
patiently to pass the resolutions for |
him. What do the words imply: |
Fixed bow! The board was sitting eager /
TO pass the measure over the mayors veto. |
This creature Jaehne, unworthy to breathe |
the same air as the mayor, losses back tht |
papers from the mayor with an insult. The |
aldermen stood eager, like hounds Ia the |
leash, to veto the message. Then came Tho \
Lyddy Injunction. | have been irving in |
vain for months TO coin words 10 compass |
he case Of Lyddy.
Fer months the aldermen had forgOne |
he comforts OF home life in secret meet.
Dgs, 9nd there was 100000 in Keenan,,
pocket. There floated before them sweet
visions Of watering places, when there
topped betwoer them aud their spoils
1yOdy, an insignificant little obstruction,
with MS Injunction.
At this juDcturc, when Colonel Fellow.
poke OF Lyddv a. the lit,le whilfie, and de.
Crited the awful CONSERVATION Of twenty
40 good and true aldermen when Lydds
aised between them and their promised
PARADISE distractions higher than the Alps.
he speakers sarcasm made even Judge
Barrett laugh quietly TO himself. and every
,Ody in toe courtroom hurst into merri-
cent, which the court officers had to quiet
With loud Tappings.
"That impedimedt OF Lyddy's must be
cboved," said Fellows; and again we see
he fine hand of the defendant. "The
ldermon are fixed" says Sharp. Then,
Though Judge Bartlett sat in the adioln.
DgrOom all day, and IL would have taken
ut few minutes, Attorney Bright went
nder The cover OF darkness to Judge |
,artiett and had 1t removed. Lyddv |
rceiyed $12, 500 for il, but the order
, remove was secured at night, so that no
Their citizen, no matter how Just his cause.
Culd get out al Injunction 10 secure IT.
ghtS. Then Molonef, who had 80 more
ght to do so than the woman who sweeps
at this room, called the Board OF Alder.
zen together to consider the passage OF the
solutions over the mayors veto. lie knew
bat they were called for. but many OF the
Oard themselves did not Know
colonel Fellows then described the secret
Getting " hen The aldermen met at sharp.
Nh, and beld Il session with closed door,
hen NolOney went down and waved bis
and as signal that the death had beeu
The aldermel had kept
ieir faith, and Moloney gave the trium
h9nt signal. MOloney the fleet.fOoied-
&c man Of sublime lmpudcnee, Of lamb
ke, heaihen.like pose and trust-wayed
& hand, but he Will not wave his hand
ore--nary wave. [Lsughter.l
IL /
bave known MoIonev." .
Colonel Fellows: "Not TO know Molo-
" was TO be yourself unknown. Yes, ]
new MOloney. and that you did not know
m proves your ineapacity 10 try this case. {
I'd you. Judge Nelson, have on green 4
asses when you were ut Albany that
IA did not see Mol0ney OmnipreSenty | g
a reminded, rs direct my thoughts to- |
ard Molouey, OF the words OF Tupper-
at the absence sometimes strengthens
endsbip. Yes, have seen Moloney and
am glad Of II. Would that could see
m here, and until my dearer friend. Tom !
,ines, could lay his clutches on him" ,
auphlerl. c
When Colonel Fellows had gotten done 1
tn MOloney he turned his attention 10 A
sbeeker, another figure in the great
heme, whom be scornfuly denOmt I
ted as man who was a tTatlicker /
mems honesty. He laid stress upon r
sboeSer receiving s7e,OC0; Belding /,
G 600, and Phelps $4,000, and polntedly !
Aed the jury why Sharp should pay so q
lch money. 4
After a short recess Judge Barrett began 3
$ charge to the jury. He read the law q
bribery, and went on TO say that the =
Nv airect evidence that money had been !
ven was that one Delacy had given h
Dnoy. IL Is not necessary that the q
rson charged gave the money with his G
gn hand or made the corrupt agree.
mt in person. or In other wor1s
,de on agree ment in accordance with the
~ Of contracts; but II there was an un-
Tsianding that one was TO give a1d G
G other was 10 receive bride, then guilt o
IS established. Delacy Is the fountain b